African shrike-flycatcher

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African shrike-flycatcher
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Male specimen at Nairobi National Museum
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Vangidae
Genus: Megabyas
Verreaux & Verreaux, 1855
Species:
M. flammulatus
Binomial name
Megabyas flammulatus
Synonyms

Bias flammulatus

The African shrike-flycatcher or red-eyed shrike-flycatcher (Megabyas flammulatus) is a species of bird in the family Vangidae. [2] It is the only species in the monotypic genus Megabyas.

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Distribution and habitat

It is widespread across the African tropical rainforest (including the Dahomey Gap).

References

  1. ↑ BirdLife International (2016). "Megabyas flammulatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T22707807A94138390. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22707807A94138390.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ↑ Louette, M. (2019). "African Shrike-flycatcher (Megabyas flammulatus)". In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D. A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. Retrieved 25 November 2019.


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